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Environment variables for run configurations are not set when using host system JRE

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
28/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
java
Domain
desktop

Research direction

Start by reproducing the issue in the run configurations menu with the host system JRE, using the Java environment-variable example from the report. Compare variables added or replaced in the menu with those visible to the launched application; done means configured variables are visible and replacement removes the existing values.

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Description

bug

No environment variables set in this menu are visible to the application:
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This worked on a previous install through snap. Also configuring it to replace environment variables does not remove existing env vars:
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System.out.println(System.getenv().keySet());

[PATH, INVOCATION_ID, XAUTHORITY, LC_MEASUREMENT, LC_TELEPHONE, MANDAT....
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